Computer jargon is like modern day graffiti—it’s everywhere you go. If you're not familiar with those technical terms, I'm afraid you'll be considered a XXIst century illiterate.

For example, if you have used a computer for more than five minutes, then you have absolutely heard the words “bits” and “bytes” several times. You might also have read a newspaper ad that says, “This computer has a 32-bit Pentium processor with 512 megabytes of RAM and 120 gigabytes of hard disk space.”

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